Wang Gang

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Place in overall rating 8299 of 12842

Place in club Shandong Luneng 19 of 29

Place in country China 124 of 316

Place in category forward 1885 of 2737

Place among forwards in club Shandong Luneng 3 of 6

Place among forwards in country China 31 of 48

Personal info

Name: Wang Gang

Age: 35 years (16 February 1989)

Stature: 188 cm

Weight: 82 kg

Nationality:

China

Shirt number: 20

Status

Role: forward / edit.

Club: Shandong Luneng / edit.

Wang Gang. Biography

Wang Gang is a Chinese forward currently playing for Shandong Luneng in the Chinese Super League. He was born on 17 February 1989 in Tianjin, China.

Wang was groomed at the youth academy of his hometown club Tianjin Locomotive in between 1999 and 2007. In the 2007/08 season, he played for the youth team of the Portuguese top-flight side Benfica.

Gang signed his first professional contract with Portuguese second-division club Chaves in 2008. The next year he joined Beira-Mar and helped them to win the Liga de Honra and break into the Primeira Liga. After a successful season in the Portuguese top flight, the striker returned to China and joined Shandong Luneng where he plays today.

Wang Gang was part of the national U17 team who won the AFC U-17 Championship in 2004. He won a full cap for China in a match against Portugal on 3 March 2010.